Drapery hanger for casement windows



Sept. 23 1924.

J. J. CONDON DRAPERY HANGER FOR CASEMENT WINDOWS Filed Mach 6 l ;/`l,

Liver'or" Jaimes JT Covzdorz,

CAB

Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES JAMES J. CONDON, OF ROBBINSDALE, MINNESOTA.

'DRAPERY HANGER FOR CASEMENT WINDOWS.

Application filed March 6, 1922. Serial No. 541,317.

To all whom. t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. CoNnoN, a citizen of the United States,residing in Robbinsdale, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and useful Drapery Hanger for CasementTindows, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in drapery hangers for windows.

The growing use of French or easement windows, coupled with the usualpractice of accompanying the same with drapes of various types, hascreated a demand for a practical drapery hanger, adapted to swing with aeasement, wherebyi the relation between drapes and easements isundisturbed and a unitary effect of the drapes on a series of easementsattained, when said easements are closed.

One `object of my invention is to provide a valance hanger for a hingedwindow adapted to be supported, in part, by vthe window frame and, inpart, by the window sash, said hanger serving as an attachment forover-hanging valance sections or drapes and operating to swing saiddrapes'with the window sash without disarranging the drapes.

' Another' object is to supply an over-drape hanger, as above, saidhanger being designed to avoid interference with a curtain or otherinner drape on the hinged sash.

` A further object is to supply a device of the present nature for usein connection with each of a series of adjacent windows, whereby outerdrapes or valance sections carried thereby produce the effect of acontinuous and uninterrupted lambrequin, When the windows are closed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear in thefollowing description, the invention resides in the novel combinationand arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation showing the effect produced bythe use of my improved hangers in connection with a series of French oreasement windows; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken as on the lines 2-2of Figs. 1 and 3, said View illustrating particularly the structure ofthe easement bracket and its attachment to the drape supporting hangermember; Fig. 3 is a sectional r View taken as on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2and showing the relation of window frame, hanger and easement, thelatter being illustrated in closed position; Fig. 4 is a view similar toFig. 3, except that the easement is shown in open position; Fig. 5 is aview similar to Fig. 2 and portrays an alternate form of my improvement,said view being taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 6 and Fig. G is a viewsimilar to Fig. 3, the same being taken on the line 6.-6 of Fig. 5.

In the drawings, (Fig. 1), I have illustrated a common arrangement ofFrench windows including frames 10, and easements 11 hinged in foldingpairs. I have also shown one arrangement of hangings for such windows.These hangings include valance sections 12 and lapping pleats 13associated therewith and producing the effect of a continuous lambrequinover-hanging the several easements. A hanger, supplied for each easementor sash 11, include-s a hanger member A and a bracket B. In the formshown in Figs. 2 and 3, the hanger member A comprises a cornice board L4having a spacer block 15 at one end thereof, said block being attachedto the frame 1() by means of a hinge 16. In the form shown in Figs. 5and 6, the hanger member A comprises a bar 17 pivoted at one end on ahinge clip 18 secured to the window frame 10, the margins of said bar 17being turned on the same side thereof to reinforce the bar and to formopposed ways 19 for a purpose soon to appear. The bracket B includes anarm having an anchoring section 20 designed to be attached by screws, asat 21, to the free side of a easement 11. An inclined section 21reaching upwardly and outwardly from the section 2() joins a reach 22parallel with said anchoring section 20. A rest 23, turned outward atright angles from said reach 22, forms a mounting` for a block 24swiveled horizontally thereon. Said arm of said bracket B is shaped, asabove described, to reach the hanger member A and to clear under-drapes,such as roller curtains 25 and hangings 2G. In the form shown in Fig. 2,the block 24 has an opening 24a therein to slidably receive a rod 27secured to the inner side of the cornice board 14. In the form shown inFig. 5 said block 24 has opposed flanges 25 turned back therefrom to itwithin the ways 19 in the bar 17 and form a sliding connection betweenthe bracket B and said bar. The oornice board 14 supplies a mounting forthe valance sections 12 and also for the pleats 13 overlapping thejoints between said sections. rIhe rod 27 su 3 `vlies a mountin T for adrape 28. In the various hangings employed in connection with windows ofthe present type, the pivotal axis of the hanger member A is seldom, it'ever, placed in alignment with the axes o the hinges 29 of its companioneasement 11. The bracket `B,.mounted on the free side ot' a easement 11and joined with the free end ot' a hanger member A, swings said hangermember with the Casement, the sliding, swiveled connection formed by theblock 24 compensating for the various angular relations between theeasement and hanger member, whereby said members are free to swing uponytheir respectivek pivots.

Where a pair of easements, ora series thereof, is employed, a likeSeries of hangers is used, saidhangers being arranged in alignment sothat the free ends thereotl meet to correspond with the meeting freesides of the easements (Fig. 8). With such an arrangement of hangers,various decorative and unitary effects may be produced by suspendingValance Sections from the various hangers.

Changes in the specifieform of my invention, as herein disclosed, may bemade within the scope of what is claimed without departing fromthespirit of my invention.

I'laving described my invention, what l claim as new and desire toprotect by Let ters Patent is:

1. The combination with a window frame and a sash hinged horizontallythereon, ot a cornice board correspondingly hinged on the frame andoverreaching said sash, a rod on the inner side of the cornice board anda compensating bracket. supplying a, tie between the sash and corniceboard and serving to support the tree end of the latter, said bracketincluding an arm anchored at .its lower end on the sash, also a blockswiveled to turn horizontally on the upper end ot said arm, said blockhaving a bore therein for slidably receiving said rod.y the 'horizontalpivoting of the block providing for free sliding movements of the saineon the rod without the necessity of play between said parts.

2. The combination with a window frame and a sash hinged horizontallythereon` of a hanger member correspondingly hinged on said trame, acompensating bracket supplying a tie between the sash and hanger memberand serving to support the tree end of the latter, said bracketincluding an arm adapted to be anchored at its lower end to the sash,alsoa block pivoted horizontally at the upper end of said arm, the blockhaving a close litting slidable connection with the hanger member, thepivoting ot Said block horizontally providing for free sliding movementsbetween the same and said hanger member without binding.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

